Running of the Balls: when golf balls raced to raise funds

By Olivia Rees

On the evening of June 24, the community gathered together to experience a refugee fundraiser hosted by Morgan Valley Care (MVC). In a fun twist of planning, participants could experience Running of the Balls, barbeque dinner, silent auction, music, and a community spirit special to Morgan Valley. Beth Brathwaite, organizer of MVC, fondly described that spirit as “a big ‘ahhhhh!’ that speaks ‘I’m home!’ to your soul.” This event drew people who stumbled upon it while filling their car with gas or stopping in for a drink at Hinds with an estimated 350 people participating coming from all over Morgan, Ogden, Bountiful, and Utah Valley.

Gary and DaLynn Patterson, owners of Hinds Country Store, provided the gathering place. “It [Hinds] is a hub,” described Brathwaite, “where you go to catch up with old friends, enjoy a delicious lunch or an ice cream cone together. It’s a place to take your grandkids to hear the ‘cha-ching’ of the original cash register from the store. So, although a unique place to host a dinner, it is no surprise that Hinds served as the venue, the gathering place, for our fundraiser. The Pattersons provided a Rib & chicken Dinner complete with

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